Rajiv Gandhi lends a helping hand to his mother and then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, as she gives final touches to the political resolution for adoption at the AICC session, in Bombay on October 20, 1983. (BCCL)

Former Prime Minister of the nation, Rajiv Gandhi, converses with wife Sonia Gandhi, at the felicitation function of Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) leader, Yasser Arafat, being conferred with Jawaharlal Nehru Award, in New Delhi on March 27, 1990. (BCCL)

Ex-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (L) and wife Sonia Gandhi (2ndL) pay homage to mother and the late Prime Minister of the nation, Indira Gandhi, at her 'samadhi', 'Shakti Sthal'. Also seen is Priyanka Gandhi. (BCCL)